The Academy of Dance Arts was founded in 1988 by Sue Van Voorhis as a non-competitive studio celebrating in family and friendship. ADA has been serving Indianapolis, Fishers and Carmel for over 20 years. Now owned by Van Voorhis’ daughter, the studio offers dance classes for all ages and skill levels including preschool creative, ballet, pointe, jazz, tap, modern, hip-hop and ballroom. ADA is located at 10080 East 121st Street, Suite 126 in Fishers.
Visit https://www.adadancers.com or call 317-841-6182 for more information.

Mission: Arts for Lawrence connects arts to the community to inspire everyone every day.
Vision: Living Lawrence – A vibrant arts destination.
Partnerships for Lawrence offers public arts programming in visual and performing arts. The Theater at the Fort provides a venue for local performers, Lawrence Township school performances, Summer Art Camp, Monthly Poetry readings and art exhibitions. Other programs include outreach in visual arts instruction, public art installations, and a community mural program.

The largest provider of arts education programs in Indiana, Arts for Learning works with more than 100 artists and organizations to provide young people the opportunity to experience the arts directly in schools and other venues.

Arts for Learning brings teaching artists into Indiana schools and communities to connect kids with the arts. We think art helps spark curiosity and ignite creativity, and we believe that when you connect arts with learning, kids get more out of school.
Click here for more information: https://artsforlearningindiana.org/

Ballet Theatre of Carmel Academy is dedicated to developing dancers to their fullest potential. We believe that through encouragement, discipline and dedication our professional instructors can nurture dancers to a higher degree of achievement, confidence and self-esteem.

The purpose of Ballet Theatre of Indiana is: To present classical and contemporary ballets to Indiana audiences To further dance education in the community To create opportunities for emerging choreographers to showcase their work To foster a spirit of cooperation between the many talented artists and arts organizations in the State of Indiana

ABOUT THE BUTLER ARTS CENTER
In the heart of Indianapolis is a home for passion, creativity, innovation, and the highest caliber of professional and student performances – the Butler Arts Center.
Our Vision
The Butler Arts Center (BAC) is Central Indiana’s premier home for diverse performing arts programming and education. Through professional presentation, artist collaborations, commissioning, public and school outreach and community engagement we encourage the creation, appreciation, and understanding of the arts. The BAC brings people together for shared experiences that inspire and sustain our current and next generation of arts participants and patrons.
Our Mission
The Butler Arts Center is dedicated to meaningful experiences in and through the arts. Our mission is to bring people together to celebrate community.
Who We Serve
The Butler Arts Center has a unique role amongst University managed Performing Arts Centers. The BAC serves the Butler University, Indianapolis and larger Central Indiana communities and hosts over 250,000 patrons annually for a variety of presentations that provide shared experiences in the performing and visual arts.
Consolidating four arts venues on the campus of Butler University under one umbrella organization, The Butler Arts Center is anchored by Clowes Memorial Hall, which seats 2,123 and after 53 years remains Indiana’s most versatile and professional venue, having welcomed the world’s greatest talent and personalities—a star-studded list that includes Maya Angelou and Jimmy Fallon, Mikhail Baryshnikov and Itzhak Perlman, Wynton Marsalis and Sir Elton John.
The Schrott Center for the Arts, completed in 2013, adds a one-of-a-kind, student- and community-focused facility to the Butler Arts Center. At just 454 seats, but with a full-size proscenium stage, the venue is designed to optimize acoustics and sightlines, and is equally well-suited for music, dance, and theatre.
Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall seats 138 in a space ideal for intimate recitals, concerts, talks, and lectures.
Lilly Hall Studio Theatre is home to the renowned Butler Theatre who produce a wide range of classics, world premieres, and devised works.
Together, Clowes Memorial Hall, the Schrott Center for the Arts, Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall, and Lilly Hall Studio Theatre form Central Indiana’s premier destination for the performing arts, the Butler Arts Center. We invite you to join us this year for exciting programming that intertwine knowledge and creativity to activate your curiosity.

Butler Ballet, the performance component of the program, is modeled after a professional company. Butler Ballet performs the classics because they are the foundation of the department’s philosophy and training. Being central to artistic development, students learn historically and technically while performing lengthy 19th century grand ballets such as The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, Coppélia, Cinderella or Giselle.
The department of dance recognizes that versatility is essential to the work of a professional dancer. Butler Ballet contributes to that training by performing licensed and commissioned choreographic works along with original works by the faculty. Recent masterpieces performed by the Butler Ballet include George Balanchine’s Serenade and Paul Taylor’s Cloven Kingdom and students have experienced the creative process with such masters as James Kudelka and Stephen Mills.

The Center for the Performing Arts is a three-venue, world-class performing arts center located in Carmel, Indiana. The Center will boast a state-of-the-art, acoustically perfect 1,600-seat concert hall, dubbed the Palladium, a 500-seat proscenium theater, called the Tarkington, and a 200-seat studio theater.
The Center for the Performing Arts plays host to a diverse lineup of local, national and international arts programming, including the Great American Song Book Series, jazz, dance, classical, chamber, choral and country concerts, plus appearances by world famous symphonies like the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, singers and musicians, a variety of plays and musicals, intimate cabaret performances, one night stands by America’s favorite comedians, and a host of other entertainment options that will enhance the quality of life in Central Indiana and throughout the Midwest.

The Central Indiana Dance Ensemble is committed to providing cultural and educational enrichment to the central Indiana community. CIDE presents ballet performances, provides a vehicle for youth to be trained in ballet principles, and gives youth the opportunity to perform and train in ballet at a regional level with other pre-professional dancers and professional teachers.

The Circle City Tap Company was founded in 2012 as a haven for tap dancers in Indianapolis who are serious about bringing tap to the Indianapolis Community. The company consists of four internal companies: The Professional Company, the Pre-Professional Company, the Young Hoofers Club, and the Apprentice Company.
CCTC prides itself on presenting entertaining, family-friendly shows that showcase the astounding talent hiding all over Indy.
Lorenda Carr – Owner/Director
Jeffrey Bird, Jr – Pre-Professional Company Director
Gabby Morrison – Outreach Director

Circle My City is a collective of visual & performance artists. We aim to capture life around our Circle City and bring issues that people ignore to light through art, music, fashion, and philanthropy. We’re circling this city with one eye open.

From music and dance to opera and Broadway, Clowes Memorial Hall has presented the finest in performing arts since its doors opened in 1963. Clowes offers world-class entertainment and variety for audiences of all ages. Located on the campus of Butler Unversity and minutes from Broad Ripple and Downtown Indianapolis, Clowes Memorial Hall offers an extraordinary series of arts education opportunities.

Dance Kaleidoscope, Indiana’s longest dancing professional contemporary dance company since 1972, is celebrating its 41st season (2012-13). As a mainstay of its mission, DK consistently brings the finest quality dance performances to diverse audiences of all ages with a strong emphasis on arts education. Since 1991, DK has seen substantial artistic growth under the leadership of Artistic Director David Hochoy, who brings a truly international perspective to the company. David was born in Trinidad, West Indies, eventually joined the Martha Graham Dance Company where he became soloist and later rehearsal director and toured the world with the company.
David and other guest choreographers explore the limits of the human body as a means of expression. Through movement, their dances paint landscapes of the soul revealing the full spectrum of human emotions.
DK’s professional ensemble consists of 11 gifted, athletic dancers who are trained in the rigorous modern dance technique of Martha Graham as well as classical ballet. These talented individual artists bring their multi-faceted skills to form an ensemble dedicated to giving world-class performances of contemporary dance. Our dancers are diverse in training, dance styles and professional experience, and almost all carry college degrees.
The company is gaining national recognition touring innovative educational residencies and popular public performances.
DK grew out of an educational program with Young Audiences of Indiana, the local chapter of the national arts organization that supports arts in education and has maintained a partnership with Young Audiences throughout its history. Through its educational programs, the company has performed in hundreds of schools throughout Indiana and the country and annually presents dozens of student matinees and workshops that serve thousands of school children. A compelling aspect for DK’s education programs is its firm belief that the art of dance is an important tool for our children’s education and their ability to learn.

Dance Magic Performing Arts Company (DMPAC) was founded by Linda Rees to give young and aspiring artists in dance, both in the classical world and the musical theater world a place to grow and develop their artistic talents. Since its inception in 1981, DMPAC has become a vital learning opportunity for its members, preparing many of them for a career in the performing arts. By providing excellent training and balancing it with performing opportunities, these students come from the program with a wealth of technical ability as well as performance experience. DMPAC is a not-for-profit organization that provides the venue and the expertise for these students to showcase their performing arts talents.

Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre produces four professional concerts per season that include world premiere choreography as well as encore pieces from the company’s vast and diverse repertoire. The company also presents an all-student contemporary version of "The Nutcracker" for the holidays. Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre strives to enlighten, educate, and entertain audiences of all ages through modern dance.

The Iibada Dance Company was founded in 1989 under the direction of Sabra Logan, a.k.a. “Mama Sabra”. Through many years of teaching and performing various dance styles, she developed a desire to inspire the young to be positive young men and women. Thus, Iibada was born. Iibabada means “Worship” in Swahili. Iibada Dance Company in a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization and has been in exisitence for 22 years promoting education, discipline, self-esteem, and a safe place for children to come and express themselves through dance. Iibada has provided affordable dance lessons and has touched many lives of children and young adults throughout Indianapolis!

Apparatus presents the 12th Annual Independent Music + Art Festival, a day-long outdoor festival featuring local musicians, visual artists, and other "independents" in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana. This annual event honors local musicians and artists who perform original live music and create original work. It provides a unique opportunity for interaction with other local artists and the community. IMAF is a FREE festival on the second Saturday of June, beginning at 12:00 noon and running until 8:00pm.

The Indiana Ballet Conservatory, founded in August 2010, boasts a world-class faculty including Alyona Yakovleva-Randall, Tatiana Pali, Sergey Sergiev, and Hailey Agran. IBC’s pre-professional training program has been recognized as the regional “Outstanding School” by the Youth America Grand Prix. Students at IBC receive training based on the Vaganova method, a 300-year-old foundation of excellence that has produced many of the best-known dancers, choreographers, and teachers of all time. IBC’s program fuses the finest classical ballet instruction with the very best of modern and contemporary training. Through its educational programs, performances, and community outreach efforts, IBC strives to make dance accessible wherever talent, potential, and enthusiasm exist.
IBC’s curriculum, based on the Vaganova method, encompasses a structured, scientific and methodological approach to dance, which takes the human anatomy into consideration and emphasizes both technical prowess and artistic creativity. Students receive performance experience through professional productions, community festivals, as well as national and international competitions and foreign exchange programs.
Through our Preparatory and Pre-Professional programs and performances, students will also be educated in music, theater history, ballet history, and ballet theory in a complete dance education that is rarely offered at other American ballet schools. This unique conservatory-like approach gives students a life-long respect for the arts as well as the foundation to excel as professional dancers.
Indiana Ballet Conservatory’s core missions are to provide the highest in pre-professional ballet and dance training, to share the art of dance through performances and outreach programs for underserved youth and the elderly, and to bring arts education to the public schools and to those with special needs through targeted workshops.

Mission
Indiana Performing Arts Centre (IPAC) educates and empowers youth and the community through theatrical performances. IPAC theatrical program is geared towards fostering the educational and emotional growth of young people and the community through arts-based experiences.
Our Purpose
Indiana Performing Centre (IPAC) is dedicated to providing quality Performing Arts Programs in support of Arts Education, Literacy, Community Development and encouraging multicultural awareness and understanding.
Vision Statement
IPAC holds these values as central to our mission:
Enriching a child and the community’s lifelong relationship with theatre.
Accessibility & inclusiveness to all populations
Development of arts literacy based productions, outreach programs & workshops.

With its official launch in January 2018, Indianapolis Ballet has returned professional ballet to Indiana’s capital as the first resident company based in the city in over a decade. The professional company includes talent from across the country – including several with ties to the Circle City – to perform in world-class productions. Indianapolis Ballet’s full artistic seasons will include fall, winter & spring productions at The Toby at Newfields, the company’s Official Residency Partner, the Indianapolis holiday tradition that is The Nutcracker at Old National Centre, and its annual New Works Showcases and IndyFringe Beyond Ballet series at The District Theatre – in addition to other appearances and events across the Indianapolis area.
Now in its 13th year, the Indianapolis School of Ballet – the official school of Indianapolis Ballet – continues to serve as Indiana’s premiere destination for professional dance instruction. The internationally respected faculty and artistic staff – guided by Victoria Lyras, Founding Artistic Director of both the School and professional company – are dedicated to meeting the needs of their students and offering them exemplary training, inspiration and encouragement. ISB’s philosophy is that all students, whether they are professional aspirants, pre-schoolers or adults exploring the joys of dancing, will have the opportunity to reach their desired level of achievement.
The Indianapolis School of Ballet’s 36-week Fall/Spring school year offers three main programs: the Pre-Professional Program, the Young Children’s Program, and the Open Dance Program. In addition, the Summer Intensive, scheduled from mid-June to late July, offers various multi-week options for students of all ages and levels.

Founded in 2008 by Jane Fortune and Robert Hesse to return professional ballet to the area, not just as a performing ballet company, Indianapolis City Ballet was created as an entire ballet program for all the people of the area and beyond. Dynamic initiatives creating an Indianapolis-based company of national and international standing, presenting performances by the finest ballet dancers in the world, providing master classes offered by some of the world’s finest teachers, lecture/demonstrations, national roundtable discussions, films, photographic exhibitions, and events that provide collaborations with other artistic institutions within and outside the dance world, the totality of the program is all-inclusive and energizing. It was determined that the performances produced or presented by the ICB would respect the traditions of classical ballet but would strive toward more contemporary choreography. Incorporated in Indiana as a not-for-profit organization, ICB has been fortunate to find a generous and committed following for its program as it plans the introduction of the Indianapolis City Ballet Company in the near future.

The Indianapolis Movement Arts Collective is a non-profit movement arts organization dedicated to supporting and connecting the Indianapolis community through shared movement experiences – because every human can dance. We are committed to creating a safe, inviting space for the Indianapolis community to engage with movement in many different ways, fostering curiosity, exploration, and play.
We offer engaging classes and workshops for movers of all interests and levels.
We support the creation of homegrown dance works through The Makers Lab.
We provide opportunities for professional growth for the local community by hosting workshops and performances with seasoned artists.
We aim to cultivate thoughtful, intelligent dance audiences by providing a framework for them to engage with movement artists and their work in meaningful ways.

Indy Contra, aka Indianapolis Traditional Music & Dance Group, hosts contra dances, to live music, mostly 7:45 – 9:45 pm Tuesday nights (see calendar info, below) at Zion Evangelical United Church of Christ in downtown Indianapolis.
Contra is a traditional community / social / folk North American dance form, with a long history of being open to everybody, with no lessons, membership, or partner required.
You must (it’s in our lease) CARRY IN clean shoes with a non-marking, soft sole. Loafers, bowling shoes, walking shoes, sandals, pumps, …most types are fine. No cleats! A sole with lots of ridges & a grip (like lots of sneakers & boots) can stick to the floor enough to make your knees and hips sore; smooth soles are more comfortable!
Contra is collaborative, cooperative, and social, not competition dancing. There’s no smoking or drinking, we swap partners every dance, and anyone’s welcome to dance together, regardless of age, experience, gender, preference for dogs or cats, etc.

Artist live/work spaces in Downtown Indianapolis, featuring a lively Art Gallery featuring resident artwork, rotating exhibits, theme-based shows, and IDADA First Friday events. It has 72 artist live/work spaces, a thriving art gallery, and many unique features. Most importantly, it’s a great (and inexpensive) place to live with like-minded people. The community is reserved for active artists.
Resident artists are encouraged to participate in the Art Gallery that has hundreds of visitors every month.

The Indianapolis Irish Festival is in its 18th year. The festival is an opportunity to share Irish heritage through music, dance, cultural activities, and family fun. The festival was the vision of a small group of people who wanted to showcase the heritage, music and culture of the Irish people and the contributions of that culture to our city and state. The Irish are the second largest ethnic group to settle in the Indianapolis area. They have served the community in the fields of religion, education, medicine, law, the arts, politics and commerce.
Indy’s Irish Festival committee, an all volunteer 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization, was formed in 1996 to host the first festival. Its mission is to preserve, promote and nurture Irish culture, arts, music, and history. The festival has grown significantly over the years and with it, so has the festival’s support of charities and community organizations. Since its inception, the festival has made donations to or helped community organizations raise more than $100,000.

IndyFringe is a place, an event, an environment, an attitude, a movement, an incubator for new talent and a magnet for imaginative, thoughtful, hopeful and transformational people. Located in the Mass Ave Cultural District, we are an annual Theatre Festival and a year round theatre for emerging artists and new work.

Department of Music and Arts Technology at IUPUI offers a Bachelor of Science in Music Technology, Master of Science in Music Technology and a Master of Science in Music Therapy. The department sponsors a Concert Series by Faculty, Students, and Guest Artists.

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